epaselect epa06893293 US President Donald J. Trump (L) receivs a soccer ball of the 2018 FIFA World Cup from Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) during a joint press conference in the Hall of State at Presidential Palace following their summit talks, in Helsinki, Finland, 16 July 2018. EPA/ANATOLY MALTSEV
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TOPSHOT - Palestinian youths mourn at al-Shifa hospital morgue on July 14, 2018 after two teenagers were killed in one of a series of Israeli raids. Aged 15 and 16, two Palestinians were on a road west of Gaza City when an air strike struck a nearby empty building, the enclave's health ministry said. Israel unleashed a wave of strikes against Gaza on July 14, while scores of rockets were fired back across the border from the territory. / AFP PHOTO / ANAS BABAANAS BABA/AFP/Getty Images
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Grief in Gaza Young men mourn at al-Shifa hospital morgue after two teenagers were killed in an Israeli air strike on Gaza City

Cycling - Tour de France - The 156.5-km Stage 9 from Arras Citadelle to Roubaix - July 15, 2018 - Team Sky rider Chris Froome of Britain crashes. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY
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Fall from race Britain’s Chris Froome crashes during the 156.5-km stage 9 of the Tour de France from Arras to Roubaix

epa06897463 A Myanmar military soldier stands behind the Martyrs' Mausoleum before a ceremony marking the 71st Martyrs' Day in Yangon, Myanmar, 19 July 2018. Myanmar's Martyr's Day is observed on 19 July to commemorate country's nine independence heroes, including General Aung San, who were assassinated on 19 July 1947. EPA/LYNN BO BO
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Star attraction A soldier stands behind the Martyrs’ Mausoleum in Yangon before a ceremony marking Myanmar’s 71st Martyrs’ Day

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa talks to former U.S. President Barack Obama at the 16th Nelson Mandela annual lecture, marking the centenary of the anti-apartheid leader's birth, in Johannesburg, South Africa July 17, 2018. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko
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Past and present South African president Cyril Ramaphosa talks to former US president Barack Obama at the 16th Nelson Mandela annual lecture in Johannesburg. This year’s event marked the centenary of the anti-apartheid leader’s birth

Hindu devotees offer prayer hold lamps as they attend a Bipodnashini Puja ritual at the Buriganga river in Dhaka, Bangladesh, 17 July 2018. Photo: Km Asad/ZUMA Wire/dpa
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Religious offerings Hindu devotees release oil lamps into the Buriganga river in Dhaka, Bangladesh, to mark Bipottarini Puja, a religious ritual

A crew member of NGO Proactiva Open Arms rescue boat embraces African migrant in central Mediterranean Sea, July 17, 2018. REUTERS/Juan Medina TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY
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In safe hands A crew member comforts an African migrant after she was picked up from the Mediterranean by a rescue boat run by Spanish group Proactiva Open Arms

Syrians watch the World Cup soccer final match between France and Croatia at their home, that was partially destroyed by the war leaving two of its rooms without a ceiling, in the town of Ain Terma, in the Eastern Ghouta suburb of Damascus, Syria, Sunday, July 15, 2018. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
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Game goes on Syrians watch the World Cup final between France and Croatia in the wreckage of their war-torn home in Ain Terma, a suburb of Damascus

Soccer Football - World Cup - Final - France v Croatia - Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow, Russia - July 15, 2018 President of Croatia Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic consoles Croatia coach Zlatko Dalic as FIFA president Gianni Infantino, President of Russia Vladimir Putin and President of France Emmanuel Macron look on during the presentation. Kai Pfaffenbach: "Usually a football World Cup is all about the action, goals and emotions on the pitch. This World Cup's final had a lot of that too, but despite the 4-2 result my favourite picture is this. As soon as the victory ceremony started, a heavy downpour began. A helper had an umbrella for Russia President Vladimir Putin quickly on hand, while his counterparts from France and Croatia enjoyed a little shower along with FIFA President Gianni Infantino. France President Emmanuel Macron didn't seem to care and enjoyed himself - and his team's victory - while Croatia President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic comforted her team's coach." REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach/File Photo SEARCH "PHOTOGRAPHERS BEST" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY.
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Soaking up the atmosphere Croatia president Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic consoles the national football team’s coach Zlatko Dalic as Fifa president Gianni Infantino and Russian president Vladimir Putin shelter from the rain and French president Emmanuel Macron celebrates his country’s World Cup victory in Moscow

In this picture taken on July 16, 2018, a Pakistani driver looks on as a poster of Pakistani cricketer-turned-politician and head of the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Imran Khan is seen on his rickshaw in Rawalpindi, ahead of the upcoming general elections. Pakistan goes to the polls on July 25 for tense nationwide elections marked by deadly attacks and accusations of military interference that could undermine their legitimacy. / AFP PHOTO / FAROOQ NAEEM / To go with 'PAKISTAN-ELECTION-MILITARY-POLITICS,ADVANCER' by David STOUTFAROOQ NAEEM/AFP/Getty Images
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Khan on the move A rickshaw driver with an election campaign poster of Pakistan cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan. Pakistan goes to the polls on July 25

President of Commission Jean-Claude Juncker (up) ruffles the hair of EU Commissioner of Digital Economy and Society Gunther Oettinger before the College Commissioners meeting at the EU headquarters in Brussels on July 18, 2018. / AFP PHOTO / JOHN THYSJOHN THYS/AFP/Getty Images
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Hairy moment Jean-Claude Juncker, European Commission president, ruffles the hair of Günther Oettinger, the German EU commissioner, before a meeting at EU headquarters in Brussels

TURNBERRY, SCOTLAND - JULY 15: Police officers attempt to don ponchos as U.S. President Donald Trump plays a round of golf at Trump Turnberry Luxury Collection Resortduring the U.S. President's first official visit to the United Kingdom on July 15, 2018 in Turnberry, Scotland. The President of the United States and First Lady, Melania Trump on their first official visit to the UK after yesterday's meetings with the Prime Minister and the Queen is in Scotland for private weekend stay at his Turnberry. (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images)
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Water hazard Police officers attempt to don waterproof ponchos as Donald Trump plays a round of golf at the Trump Turnberry resort in Scotland during the US president’s first official visit to the UK. See more photos from Trump’s visit

A fighter loyal to Syrian President Bashar al Assad is seen during the evacuation from the villages of al-Foua and Kefraya, Syria July 19, 2018. REUTERS/Khalil Ashawi
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Long wait A fighter loyal to Syrian president Bashar al-Assad on board a bus during the evacuation of residents and fighters from al-Foua and Kefraya, two pro-regime villages in Idlib province that have been under rebel siege since 2015

U.S. President Donald Trump, left, and Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, shake hand at the beginning of a meeting at the Presidential Palace in Helsinki, Finland, Monday, July 16, 2018. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
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Shaking things up Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin shake hands at the start of their meeting at the Presidential Palace in Helsinki, Finland. Mr Trump’s remarks about Russia’s involvement in the 2016 US election caused political outrage at home

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